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124th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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124th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Infantry. — Col., Joseph
W. Hawley; Lieut.-Cols., Simon Litzenberg, William B. Waddell; Maj., I.
L. Haldeman. Under the call of July, 1862, the 124th regiment was
recruited in Chester and Delaware counties, rendezvoused at Camp Curtin,
and on Aug. 12 was ordered to Washington, where it was mustered into the
U. S. service for a nine months' term. On Sept. 7, it was sent to
Rockville, Md., and attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division, 12th
corps, which started two days later for South mountain and Antietam. In
the battle of Antietam it was ordered to reinforce Gen. Hooker on the
right of the line and was soon in action, losing 50 in killed and
wounded. It then went into camp at Pleasant valley, where it was
transferred to the brigade under Gen. Kane and on Oct. 30, occupied
Loudoun heights. It was next ordered to the support of the troops
engaged at Fredericksburg, but arrived too late for the battle. The
regiment then encamped at Fairfax Station, joined in the "Mud March,"
and returned to camp near Stafford Court House. On April 27, 1863, as
part of Geary's division, 12th corps, the regiment started for
Chancellorsville, where it was posted on the right and was closely
engaged on May 2. It then returned to camp and remained there until the
expiration of its term of service, being mustered out at Harrisburg on
May 16-17, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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